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ALL meanings of drop

drop
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  • verb drop If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there. 0
  • verb drop If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way. 0
  • verb drop To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something. 0
  • verb drop If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude. 0
  • verb drop If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly. 0
  • verb drop If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle. 0
  • verb drop Drop off means the same as drop. 0
  • verb drop If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it. 0
  • verb drop If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization. 0
  • verb drop If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it. 0
  • verb drop If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position. 0
  • countable noun drop A drop of a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink. 0
  • noun plural drop Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose. 0
  • countable noun drop Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour. 0
  • countable noun drop You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirty feet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it. 0
  • noun drop a small quantity of liquid that forms or falls in a spherical or pear-shaped mass; globule 0
  • noun drop a very small quantity of liquid 0
  • noun drop a very small quantity of anything 0
  • noun drop something resembling a drop in shape or size, such as a decorative pendant or small sweet 0
  • noun drop the act or an instance of falling; descent 0
  • noun drop a decrease in amount or value; slump 0
  • noun drop the vertical distance that anything may fall 0
  • noun drop a steep or sheer incline or slope 0
  • noun drop the act of unloading troops, equipment, or supplies by parachute 0
  • noun drop (in cable television) a short spur from a trunk cable that feeds signals to an individual house 0
  • noun drop a slot or aperture through which an object can be dropped to fall into a receptacle 0
  • noun drop the midships height of a sail bent to a fixed yard 0
  • noun drop a fall of the wicket 0
  • verb drop (of liquids) to fall or allow to fall in globules 0
  • verb drop to fall or allow to fall vertically 0
  • verb drop to allow to fall by letting go of 0
  • verb drop to sink or fall or cause to sink or fall to the ground, as from a blow, wound, shot, weariness, etc 0
  • verb drop to fall, move, or go in a specified manner, direction, etc 0
  • verb drop to pay a casual visit (to) 0
  • verb drop to decrease or cause to decrease in amount or value 0
  • verb drop to sink or cause to sink to a lower position, as on a scale 0
  • verb drop to make or become less in strength, volume, etc 0
  • verb drop to sink or decline in health or condition 0
  • verb drop to pass easily into a state or condition 0
  • verb drop to move along gently as with a current of water or air 0
  • verb drop to allow to pass casually in conversation 0
  • verb drop to leave out (a word or letter) 0
  • verb drop to set down or unload (passengers or goods) 0
  • verb drop to send or post 0
  • verb drop to discontinue; terminate 0
  • verb drop to cease to associate or have to do with 0
  • verb drop to cease to employ 0
  • verb drop to leave or deposit, esp at a specified place 0
  • verb drop (of animals) to give birth to (offspring) 0
  • verb drop to lose (money), esp when gambling 0
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